(A Finalist in the 2017 Orchard Street Press Chapbook Contest)

“a matter of  voice” set itself apart from other entries by the quality of its language use, its clarity. In  beautiful poems that prosper in their economy of language, this collection will impress the reader who appreciates good  poetry as exquisite craft. Consider these lines that begin the poem "Heart:"  Her heart is/Clasped hands/That steeple a/Fear she holds/Close.